Today's Labour News

This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.

Sanco fights for overworked Baragwanath employees

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Monday, 25 February 2019 06:26

Sowetan reports that a civic organisation has called on the Gauteng government to hire more staff members at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (Bara) or face the wrath of the masses.

Union survey indicates that at least 70 schools in SA are ‘death traps, on verge of collapse’

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Monday, 25 February 2019 05:54

The Citizen reports that according to a report on a survey conducted by the Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie (SAOU), thousands of pupils throughout the country were facing the danger of school buildings collapsing on them.

ANC’s Zizi Kodwa accused of rape

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Monday, 25 February 2019 05:37

City Press reports that a woman has accused head of the ANC’s presidency office and the party’s acting spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, of drugging and raping her at a hotel room in Sandton in April last year.

Nehawu’s battle at TVET and CET colleges over wages and employment conditions rages on

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Monday, 25 February 2019 05:06

The Sunday Independent reports that the impasse between the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) at colleges continues, with the strike over salaries and working conditions having entered its second week.

Public service unions threaten ‘rolling mass action’ against austerity budget

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Friday, 22 February 2019 12:46

BusinessLive writes that trade unions are seething with anger following Wednesday’s national budget speech, with a number of them threatening to go on strike in response to the government’s austerity plans.

With curse of South Deep still haunting Gold Fields, benefits of massive job cuts remain elusive

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Friday, 22 February 2019 12:13

Financial Mail reports that in the year ended December 2018, production across Gold Fields globally slipped 3%, revenues were 7% lower and losses for the year slid to $348.2m, compared to $19m the year before.

ANA reports that the South African Sugar Association (SASA) said on Thursday it was disappointed by the announcement that there would be an increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL), commonly known as the "sugar tax".

Robbers flee with three kidnapped guards

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:09

Sowetan reports that three security guards were kidnapped and then later dropped off on the highway early on Tuesday morning after a failed break-in at a mall in Alberton. The suspects had tried to break in at the Baby and Company shop at West Pack Lifestyle Alberton.

Unions tell Mboweni to cut costs at level of high-earning top

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:05

The Citizen reports that labour federation Cosatu and its public service union affiliates are up in arms over Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s plan to cut the public service wage bill by R27 billion over the next three years.

New Carbon Tax gets roasted by AA, Cosatu

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:01

Fin24 reports that there has been largely negative reaction to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's announcement on Wednesday that a Carbon Tax - which forms part of government's efforts to deal with climate change - will be instituted in early June on petrol and diesel.

ANC spokesman’s former PA hits back at outcomes of sexual harassment complaint

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 17:56

News24 reports that as the ANC’s spokesman Pule Mabe returns to work after being cleared of sexual harassment, his former personal assistant who lodged the complaint against him, has come out in public and rejected the findings.

Unspent NHI funds shifted to provinces so they can fill critical public healthcare posts

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 13:55

BusinessLive reports that in a pragmatic move to tackle one of the most pressing problems confronting public healthcare, the Treasury has shifted unspent National Health Insurance (NHI) funds to provinces so they can fill critical posts.

Miningmx reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has reportedly issued seven-day sympathy strike notices to AngloGold Ashanti and Harmony Gold, with its members set to down tools on 27 February.

TimesLIVE reports that according to the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa), a preliminary investigation was underway into what started a fire that claimed six lives at the Durban port last Thursday, with outcomes expected at the end of the week.

Failed bid by three guards involved in Clifton beach saga for registration reinstatement

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:24

News24 reports that the Clifton beach saga resurfaced on Wednesday with a court dismissing an application to have the suspended registration of three private security guards reinstated by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA).

Lonmin gets notice from Amcu of sympathy strike in support of Sibanye gold industrial action

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Thursday, 21 February 2019 12:08

Fin24 reports that platinum producer Lonmin has received notice of a sympathy strike from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) in support of its ongoing industrial action at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations.

TimesLIVE reports that the message of Cosatu's first deputy-president Michael Shingange on Tuesday was that the government had failed to act against those responsible for the electricity crisis, meaning that thousands of workers would now lose their jobs.

ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will hold a special national executive committee (NEC) on Wednesday to discuss the impasse in the lengthy plastics sector strike.